Outside the Consolação Metro station in the Avenida Paulista. Paulista Avenue (in Portuguese, Avenida Paulista) is one of the most important avenues in São Paulo, Brazil.

Georg-Brauchle-Ring station of the Munich U-Bahn. Georg-Brauchle-Ring is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1 It is located below the Georg-Brauchle-Ring part of Munich's Mittlerer Ring ring road The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric Railway Public transport network (a metro or underground system in Munich.

Famous Paris Métro exterior open entrance to a station (Porte Dauphine on Line 2). Porte Dauphine ( Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny) is a station of the Paris Métro. Paris Métro Line 2 was the second metro line built in Paris, France.

A metro station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines they are multi-level.

At street level the logo of the metro company marks the entrance of the station, along with the schematics of the services at the station. A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Often there are several entrances for one station, saving one from having to cross the street. In such a case, tunnels or overhead stations can often also be used just to cross the street.

In some cases metro stations are connected to important buildings by a direct enclosed hallway (see underground city). An underground city is a network of Tunnels that connect buildings beneath street level

Some metro systems, such as those of Montreal, Stockholm, Prague and Moscow, are famous for the beautiful architecture and public art. The Montreal Metro is a Rubber-tired metro system and the main form of Public transportation in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Stockholm Metro (Stockholms tunnelbana is the metro system in Stockholm, Sweden. The Prague Metro is a subway underground Public transportation network in Prague, Czech Republic. The Moscow Metro (Московское метро which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used Rapid-transit The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The term public art properly refers to works of Art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited The Paris Métro is famous for its art nouveau station entrances. Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international

Metro stations, more so than railway and bus stations, often have a characteristic artistic design that can identify each stop. Some have sculptures or frescoes. For example, London's Baker Street station is adorned with tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes. Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 The tunnel for Paris' Concorde station is decorated with tiles spelling the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen. Concorde is a station of the Paris Métro. It is named after the nearby Place de The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen is a fundamental document of the French Revolution, defining Every metro station in Valencia, Spain has a different sculpture on the ticket-hall level. Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Alameda station is decorated with fragments of while tile, like the dominant style of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències. The Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (Valencian Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Spanish or City of Arts and Sciences is an ensemble

Each station of the Red Line subway in Los Angeles was built with different artwork and decorating schemes, such as murals, tile artwork and sculptural benches. This is not always the case, however, Sir Norman Foster's new system in Bilbao, Spain uses the same modern architecture at every station to make navigation easier for the passenger, though some may argue that this is at the expense of character. Norman Robert Foster Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company Metro Bilbao is a metro system serving the city of Bilbao ( Basque Country, Spain) and its metropolitan area ( Greater Bilbao) Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Every station of the Paris Métro Line 14 has automatic platform screen doors. Paris Métro Line 14 of Paris metro crosses the center of Paris and currently runs between the Saint Lazare and Olympiades stations Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the Train.

In some stations, especially where trains are fully automated, the entire platform is screened from the track by a wall, typically of glass, with automatic platform-edge doors (PEDs). A railway platform is a section of pathway alongside Rail tracks at a Train station, Metro station or Tram stop, at which passengers may board Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the Train. These open, like elevator doors, only when a train is stopped, and thus eliminate the hazard that a passenger will accidentally fall (or deliberately jump) onto the tracks and be run over or electrocuted. "Electrocute" redirects here For the band see Electrocute (band.

Control over ventilation of the platform is also improved, allowing it to be heated or cooled without having to do the same for the tunnels. Ventilation is the intentional movement of Air from outside a building to the inside The doors add cost and complexity to the system, and trains may have to approach the station more slowly so they can stop in accurate alignment with them.

The largest subway station in the world is the Paris Métro-RER station Châtelet-Les Halles^[1]. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The RER ( R éseau E xpress R égional, ɛʀøɛʀ "Regional Express Network" is a Rapid transit system in France serving Châtelet – Les Halles (pronounced /ʃat(əlɛ le al/ is a major commuter train hub in Paris.

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Metro stations

McGill metro station, in the financial and commercial core of Montreal	Náměstí míru station of the Prague Metro. McGill is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Náměstí Míru is a Prague Metro station on Line A. It is located in Vinohrady district under Korunní Street and has one exit The Prague Metro is a subway underground Public transportation network in Prague, Czech Republic.	London Bridge Station, Jubilee Line, London Underground. London Bridge station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark, which occupies a large area on two levels immediately The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire	The Grand Central-42nd Street station on the 42nd Street Shuttle in the New York City Subway. Grand Central–42nd Street is a major station complex in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994 The 42nd Street Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train service that operates in Manhattan. The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency
Arbatskaya Station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, showcasing the ornate architecture of the system. The Moscow Metro (Московское метро which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used Rapid-transit	Nam Cheong Station on the West Rail Line and Tung Chung Line of the Hong Kong MTR	Upper level of the Metro Center station on the Washington Metro. Nam Cheong Station is an MTR station in Hong Kong, on the and. The (西鐵綫 (formerly called West Rail, Chinese: 西鐵 is one of the MTR lines in Hong Kong. The is one of the 10 lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It links Tung Chung with Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the Rapid transit Railway system in Hong Kong. Metro Center is the central hub station of the Metrorail Rapid transit system in Washington D	Titan metro station on the M1 Line of the Bucharest Metro

See also

• Metro
• List of metro systems
• Bus stop
• Train station
• Railway platform
• List of transport topics
• "In a Station of the Metro" (poem)
• Shallow column station
• Deep column station
• Pylon station
• Paid area

References

External links

• UrbanRail.Net (formerly metroPlanet) — descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. Titan is a metro station in Bucharest located in the Titan district. M1 was the first line of the Bucharest Metro, opened on November 16, 1979. The Bucharest Metro ( Metroul Bucureşti in Romanian) is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway This is a list of rapid transit systems around the world Such systems are commonly called metros subways elevated railways rapid rail or underground railways A bus stop is a designated place where a Public transport Bus stops for the purpose of allowing passengers to board or leave a bus |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains A railway platform is a section of pathway alongside Rail tracks at a Train station, Metro station or Tram stop, at which passengers may board This is a list of Transport related topics. For more topics there is a collection of transportation related lists and a transportation category " In a Station of the Metro " is a poem by Ezra Pound consisting of two non-rhyming lines The shallow column station is a type of construction of subway stations with the distinguishing feature being an abundance of supplementary supports for the underground cavity The deep column station is a type of subway station consisting of a central hall with two side halls connected by ring-like passages between a row of columns The pylon station is a type of deep underground subway station In Rail transport, paid area is a dedicated "inner" zone in the Railway station which sealed by barriers